Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Radical Canter Podcast. I'm Kim Scott, co-founder of Radical

Candor and Just Work. And I'm Jason Rosoff, CEO and co-founder of Radical Cander. And I'm Amy

Sandler, your host for the Radical Cander podcast. Radical Cander began as a company with a mission to

rid the world of bad bosses. So on today's episode, we're going to talk about how to avoid working

for a bad boss. As we talked about in our last episode on The Great Resignation, millions of people

are resigning in record numbers. Many because they're working for a bad boss. In this environment,

companies are as desperate to hire as you are to get a job. At the same time, we recognize both from

the data and folks we know that many, many people are still unemployed or underemployed and

looking for work. So if you're one of the lucky people who actually have multiple

offers or you're in a position where you can afford to wait for the right opportunity,

you don't have to pay the asshole tax. Kim's been, that was Kim Scott. Kim's been getting a lot...

Kim, I'm going to say, you don't have to pay the asshole tax.

Yay!

Kim's been getting a lot of questions from people about how to choose a new job.

And she's noted that one of the most important things you can do is to choose your boss wisely. So that's what we're going to be talking about

today. According to a Harvard Business Review article by Sarah Seabits, I hope I'm pronouncing that

correctly, one of the first steps to avoiding a bad boss is knowing what you're looking for,

maybe in a good boss. So think about things like, how much autonomy do you want in the job? Do you want a boss

who's going to be a mentor? Is this someone you actually could imagine going to with problems?

We could almost think about this like a boss description. So what do you think, Kim?

One of the things that I would like to say for all of the people out there who are having, who don't have multiple

offers, who really need that job right away, I just want to hold that space for a moment

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